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Medalist: Tommaso Mercandetti Italian
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Metastasio was the assumed name of Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (b. Rome 1698, d. Vienna 1782), the greatest Italian poet of his time. He wrote chiefly lyrical dramas.
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Title: In Honor of the Poet Metastasio
Artist:
Medalist: Tommaso Mercandetti (Italian, Rome 1758–1821 Rome)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Italian, Rome
Medium: Bronze
Classification: Medals and Plaquettes
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wait, 1909
Accession Number: 09.164.1
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